Men's Fellowship
Every Wednesday - 6:30 PM
at Furrbie's restaurant (downtown)
Join our men for good food & great conversation. Contact: Eric Berg
Cancellation
Fourth Sunday Lunch BunchThis group is disbanded - unless we have one or more volunteer(s) to assume coordination of and communication about the outings. If you want to see this group continue, and are willing to put in the effort, please contact Keralee Clay.
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Nothing Much Buddhist Study Group
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Monday, April 28
7:30 - 8:30 PM
2nd & 4th Mondays
Nothing Much, the Buddhist practice and study group, is reading and studying Pema Chodron's book, The Places That Scare You.
We invite all to join us every 2nd and 4th Monday at 7:30 pm. This book is a great introduction to Buddhism if you are curious.
Contact: Rick Todd
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Needed: Potluck Coordinators
Are YOU willing to make sure that there are folks designated to set up - and others to clean up - for each month's potluck?
If you are willing to ensure the continued success of our first Sunday potlucks, please contact Keralee Clay.
Building Group Meeting
Saturday, May 3 from 10 - 11:30 AM
Help us keep our building in good shape - "many hands make light work!"
The Building Group will meet for 1 - 1½ hours at the Fellowship to plan the next month's work on the AUUF building. Join us if you are willing to lend your hands to any aspect of building maintenance, upgrading, or renovation.
Any and all who would like to keep us on the path to improvement are urged to attend.
Contact: Tad Clay
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Welcoming Congregation Bulletin - April 2014
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AUUF is a
Welcoming Congregation, a designation earned from UUA by making a commitment to opening its doors to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
How much do you know about asexual people? Read about this "invisible" sexual population - as well as what's in the news for Welcoming Congregations.
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OWL Workshops: Grades K-1
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Sunday, April 27 from 12:30 - 2:45 PM
The Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Education Program workshops for children ages 5-7 will continue this Sunday. A light lunch will be served; childcare for siblings not provided.
Upcoming OWL workshops:Sunday, May 11, 2014, 12:30 - 2:45 PM
Sunday, May 25, 2014, 12:30 - 2:45 PM
Contact: Martha Baird
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 Nritya Vandanam: Indian Classical Dance
Saturday, April 26 from 5:30 - 8 PMAmarillo High School Sponsored - Hindu Temple of Amarillo; Presented - Srutilaya School of Dance; Supported - Indian Association of Amarillo VideoFor more details, email or phone 806.206.6886
UPDATED MEETING INFORMATION
Community Relations Meeting
Saturday, April 26 from 10 - 11 AM Badger Den, Amarillo College
(2nd floor Student Union Building,
Washington St. Campus)
Russell Lowery Hart, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Amarillo College, will discuss what it means to be a No Excuses University - including how this philosophy promotes social justice and opportunities for all people.
Heather Moores from Opportunity School will discuss what having been selected as the site for the first No Excuses Preschool means for the students at Opportunity School.
Community Relation's mission is to cultivate and maintain respect and understanding for all people through education and dialogue; their vision is to eliminate bias, bigotry, and prejudice; their goals are to educate regarding diversity within the community, encourage participation and involvement in community events, and eliminate discrimination and misinformation regarding beliefs and practices in our community.
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Welcome to the Amarillo
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship! |
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Welcome! Join us this Sunday morning for either the 10 AM or the 11 AM service. The content and format are the same at both, so you won't miss anything. You can also see your friends between the two services - and beginning on May 11, you'll have more time to visit with them, because the earlier service will begin at 9:30 AM. Childcare is provided only during the 11 AM service. Also - we hope that you will find an event of interest to you and try it out. For a complete listing of events at the Fellowship, click on the Calendar icon. Want more detail? Check both the News and the Events sections of our website ( uuamarillo.org). Also on our website, uuamarillo.org, you will find more information about Unitarian Universalism, our Fellowship, the calendar, and an ever-changing blog of news articles and items for thought which we believe are of interest to the liberal religious community. All events are held at the Fellowship, 4901 Cornell St., unless otherwise noted. If you are unsure how to reach any of the individuals named as contacts, please email the AUUF office or call 806.355.9351 and leave a message. Your call will be returned during office hours, which are M-W-F from 9 AM to noon.
With welcoming arms for all,
The AUUF Beloved Community
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Sunday Worship
10 AM and 11 AM
 April 27, 2014Fellowship member James Doores is speaking on
Robert Ingersoll: American Agnostic, discussing the life of the famous 19th Century writer and speaker, and his ongoing influence on the role of religion in public life.
 May 4, 2014
11 AM Service only
No early service
On this special day, only one worship service is held, at 11 AM, in order for the whole Fellowship to join in welcoming the newest members of our beloved community!  May 11, 2014
Early service moves to 9:30 AM!
At the 9:30 and 11 AM services, David Green
is speaking on
Showing Up, discussing how, in the words of Woody Allen, "80% of (success in) life is showing up." How we give of ourselves to one another and express our joy as a Fellowship is simply byshowing up in a variety of significant ways.
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New Member Celebration Sunday
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Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 11 AM only*
David Green
and AUUF President Keralee Clay
lead a special
New Member Ceremony,
welcoming all who have joined the Fellowship since the previous New Member ceremony.
(*No 10 AM Service this Sunday only)
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CHANGE IN TIME FOR EARLY SERVICE |
 STARTING MAY 11In order to help alleviate crowding inbetween services, we will be changing the time of the early service to
9:30 AM.
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Modern Thought Nonfiction Book Group
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 Saturday, May 10
4 - 5:30 PM
(every 2nd and 4th Saturday)
Nine people attended the organizational meeting of the Modern Thought Nonfiction Book Group. The group decided that the first book to read is High Price:
A Neuroscientist's journey of self discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs and society by Carl Hart. Read a recent review from the Boston Globe.
At the May 10 meeting we will discuss the first 5 chapters (through page 102). For those who are interested, we will go out to dinner after the meeting.
For more information, please see the AUUF website.
Contact: Gary Schack
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UUA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
June 25-29, 2014
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A core purpose of our faith is to help peo ple grow in spirit and in service. We believe that our faith provides a path for each of us to unlock our transformational capacity to serve the world with love. We want to expand our faith not just to grow Unitarian Universalism, but also to better achieve this transformational purpose. Therefore, the General Assembly Planning Committee, the UUA Board of Trustees and the Administration want the General Assembly in 2014 help our association live into a future where our "Love Reaches Out" to share our faith both within and beyond our congregations' walls
For more information CLICK HERE.
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Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 PM
Concert at the Fellowship
You will not want to miss this very special evening of music with the remarkable talents of Maxwell Hughes (formerly of The Lumineers) and Fellowship members Kristy and Mike Fuller.
Check out some of Maxwell's music HERE.
$10 suggested donation at the door.
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The 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism
1st Principle
The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
"Reverence and respect for human nature is at the core of Unitarian Universalist (UU) faith. We believe that all the dimensions of our being carry the potential to do good. We celebrate the gifts of being human: our intelligence and capacity for observation and reason, our senses and ability to appreciate beauty, our creativity, our feelings and emotions. We cherish our bodies as well as our souls. We can use our gifts to offer love, to work for justice, to heal injury, to create pleasure for ourselves and others.
"'Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy,' the great twentieth-century Rabbi Abraham Heschel wrote. Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth and dignity of each person as a given of faith - an unshakeable conviction calling us to self-respect and respect for others."
- Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker
The 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism
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Our Vision
where all are valued and supported.
Our Mission
To be an inclusive progressive community
for spiritual, intellectual and social transformation.
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Interview: Reporting the fight for marriage equality
